La Magwit
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La Magwit is one of the two historic cultural associations (societés) of Saint Lucia
, and also the name of the society's yearly festival held every October 17th.
The "marguerite" referred to by the name is not a daisy but a small magenta coloured globe flower, rather like a clover
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Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia is an island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 620 km2 and has an...
, and also the name of the society's yearly festival held every October 17th.
The "marguerite" referred to by the name is not a daisy but a small magenta coloured globe flower, rather like a clover
Clover
Clover , or trefoil, is a genus of about 300 species of plants in the leguminous pea family Fabaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution; the highest diversity is found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, but many species also occur in South America and Africa, including at high altitudes...
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